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NTPC plugs on to LED lamps manufacture =20 =20 =20 =20 FUTURE OF LIGHTING =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Anil Sasi=20 =20 New Delhi, Sept. 12 NTPC Ltd plans to get into manufacturing Light Emitt= ing Diode (LED) lamps, widely considered the future of lighting technology. = It has tied up with the Bangalore-based Society for Integrated Circuit Techn= ology and Applied Research for making the lamps as they have frugal power co= nsumption, considerably lower than even compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).=20 =20 “We are in the process of identifying the technology provider. The move to= get into LED manufacture is aimed at strengthening the ongoing demand side = management efforts, especially in the households segment,” an NTPC official = said.=20 =20 Using diodes=20 =20 =20 =20 An LED lamp is solid state lighting device that utilises light emitting di= odes as a source of illumination instead of electrical filaments or gas. LED= s, besides being small, hardy, highly energy-efficient and long-lasting, do = not have the mercury content issue associated with CFLs.=20 =20 “While LED lamps are widely seen as the future of the lighting industry, t= he high costs have been a prohibitive factor. The entry of a big player such= as NTPC could bring down the prices much faster,” a Delhi-based private CFL= manufacturer said. =20 Improved tech=20 =20 =20 =20 While LED lamps, till recently, were limited only to single-bulb use in ap= plications such as instrument panels and electronics, subsequent improvement= s in technology have widened their application. Several cities in the countr= y, led by Delhi, have begun replacing their incandescent traffic lights with= LED arrays because electricity costs can be reduced by almost 80 per cent. =20 “The LED technology has the potential to light up an entire village with l= ess energy used by a single conventional 100 watt incandescent bulb. LED lam= ps offer the best hope for the ongoing rural electrification efforts, especi= ally in case of off-grid connections,” a Power Ministry official said.
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